TONIGHT – “OFF LIMITS” (1988 / dir. – Christopher Crowe) Lately I’ve found myself defending films which weren’t necessarily critical (or even audience) darlings at the box office. Well, in all honesty not just “lately” – haha! But, hey, judging a film based on its box office (or even critical praise … or lack thereof) […]
Read More Off Limits: A Review By Craig Ellis Jamison1983 The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. Directed by and Screenplay by Philip Kaufman Produced by Irwin Winkler/Robert Chartoff\ Based on “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe Music by Bill Conti Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel One of the reasons why THE RIGHT STUFF stands out in my memory is because I saw it during its original theatrical […]
Read More The Right Stuff1989 Orion Pictures Directed and Written by George Armitage Produced by Fred Ward and Jonathan Demme Based on the novel “Miami Blues” by Charles Willeford You ever watch a movie then see it years later and it in no way resembles the movie you saw years ago? I had that feeling while watching MIAMI BLUES. […]
Read More Miami Blues2011 Columbia Pictures Directed by Ruben Fleischer Produced by Stuart Cornfeld and Ben Stiller Screenplay by Michael Diliberti Based on a story by Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan The R-rated comedy has been making a comeback in recent years and some of them have been quite notable such as “Tropic Thunder” “The Hangover” “Next Day […]
Read More 30 Minutes Or Less1985 Orion Pictures Directed by Guy Hamilton Produced by Larry Spiegel and Dick Clark Screenplay by Christopher Wood Based on “The Destroyer” created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir Music by Craig Safan Cinematography by Andrew Laszlo Edited by Mark Melnick In the 1970’s there was a tremendous revival of pulp adventure heroes […]
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The Ferguson Theater 